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Websleuths News

Join Websleuths Radio for the final discussion of THE KILLING SEASON
with Josh Zemam, Rachel Mills and special guests including Bob Kolker author of Lost Girls

Ashlyn was last seen on July 20, 1995 in Dallas, Oregon. Her mother, Tara Suzanne Wilson, and her father were involved in a custodial dispute at the time. A photograph and vital statistics for Tara are posted below this case summary. When she failed to appear at custody hearings and disappeared with Ashlyn, the courts granted custody of the baby to her father. On July 20, 1995, a local arrest warrant was issued in Polk County for Tara, charging her with violating the court order granting visitation rights Ashlyn's father. An additional Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued for her on January 8, 2003.

Tara and Ashlyn may now be living in Montana, California, Canada, or Latin America. Ashlyn's case is unsolved.

An Oregon girl abducted as a baby and missing for 18 years finally emerged in Dallas this week when her mother turned herself in to authorities, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Department.

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Thousands of miles away in Iowa, Dan Wilson said he was disappointed deputies allowed his daughter to leave without getting so much as a picture of her. The only known photo of Ashlyn Wilson was taken when she was 8 months old.

"I've been familiar with the anguish rollercoaster for the past 18 years, but that set a new high and a new low," Dan Wilson said.

Long story short - He says that Tara turned herself in on 5/13. She was jailed. Ashlyn and her grandfather were also there. Ashlyn said she was not being held against her will and has a wonderful mother. Did not ID her, photo her, question her away from her grandfather, or even tell her that her father had been looking for her for 18 years. Tara was bailed out and they all left.